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(4,835 posts)...for this and a whole host of other reasons. I have a severely autistic non-verbal self-injurious daughter.
She's 17 now and while every day is a struggle; I realize (as I'm sure you do) how things could be worse. In fact a lot of people have it much worse. She's had special education since she was 3 years old.
I believe the answer to a lot of these ailments is in our diet (as other people above have indicated).
I recommend you watch the documentary 'Forks over Knives' (or visit the web site). I'm sure the answer isn't to do anything radical, but the solution to so many health ailments is what we put into our bodies and the benefits of enzymes that are destroyed during cooking could be part of the solution.
Again, I'm not recommending anything radical, but in the documentary they do a lot of food research and at least part of the solution must be in our diet.